For the national elector, the spring exam. The nearly two months of preparation have given countless scholars the opportunity to soar in these three days.

Among the people who refer to it are teenage boys, there are middle-aged uncles in their forties and fifties, and even more people who are over sixty years old and still come to refer to them, just to leap across the dragon gate in this thousands of troops.

At this time, Lin Yuan's face was slightly cold, and his eyes were not on the scholars outside the field at all, and his eyes fell on Xue Huaili in the crowd not far away from time to time.

After Yu Shi came back from Fu Qiuxue, he told himself about the Xue family, and he didn't get the evidence at the moment, so he couldn't act rashly, so as not to disturb the Xue family and fall short, which was a little uneconomical.

On the other hand, Yao Lian forced a smile on his face, and kept saying words of blessing on his lips, so that the candidates could settle down and take the exam, his eyes were like sharp blades, and he looked at Xue Huaili from time to time, eager to cut him with a thousand knives.

After Lin Yuan got the news, he immediately found Yao Lian, because the incident happened suddenly, after dawn it was the Spring Exam, even if the Xue family had any changes, they would not do it during the big exam, which would make the Xue family and the scholars deviate from morality, but if they had some brains, the Xue family would not do it.

It's just that Lin Yuan only has three days to collect evidence, and after three days, the Xue family will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, causing chaos in Nanyang, and the good fisherman will benefit, now the mountains and rivers are in the hands of the other party, if the Xue family takes the opportunity to cause trouble, it can cause turmoil in the blink of an eye, what Lin Yuan has to do is to stabilize the situation in Yuzhou.

"Are you sure?" Yao Lian didn't move, looked at the scholar in the field with a smirk, and asked Lin Yuan next to him.

"I don't know for the time being, but I just received the news that the Xue family has made a move, but if you do it without evidence, Nanyang will be in chaos right now, and you and I can't afford this responsibility."

Lin Yuan looked at the situation in the field coldly, at this time, many people had gathered in the square, and the invigilator was about to announce the start of the exam.

"Can't afford it? The Xue family is about to get into trouble, this is a nail on the iron plate, what are you worried about? ”

Yao Lian was still making a final effort, and he was persuading Lin Yuan to do it now, because in his opinion, the Xue family had already done something rebellious, and whether there was evidence or not, it needed to be resolved as soon as possible.

Lin Yuan's expression was cold, he glanced at Yao Lian and said: "I know what you mean, but have you ever thought about it, how many years has the Xue family been in Nanyang, how can this kind of major event be decided overnight, we have been in Nanyang for so long, have you received any rumors?" Now report and confiscate, once there is no evidence, nothing can be found, the two of us will only be eaten by the Xue family There are no bones left, and then it will be the ghost of the Xue family's sacrifice flag, if you do this thing, go by yourself, don't drag me down. ”

From Lin Yuan's point of view, no matter which side is considered, it is not the best time to start at the moment, the uncertainty is too great, and Lin Yuan has not formed a crushing situation against the Xue family for the time being, in this case, Lin Yuan will naturally not move. Otherwise, if he had no need to discuss with Yao Lian, he would have led his troops to raid his house a long time ago.

"Then why don't you communicate with Nanyang officials, I'm still a little worried about the strength of the two of us."

This is a point that Yao Lian has always been puzzled about, since Lin Yuan came to Nanyang, he didn't make friends with local officials at all, saying that he avoided suspicion, but Lin Yuan has always been like this, and he treats Nanyang officials with a lukewarm attitude, resulting in Nanyang officials who are not very familiar with Lin Yuan, you must know that when he was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Lin Yuan was not like this.

"The heart of defense is indispensable, I don't even believe in the words of a mouse in Nanyang City at the moment, look at the people in the field now, isn't that still revolving around the Xue family, this matter is so big, I don't believe that a group of people have not received any rumors. This group of people is unreliable. ”

Lin Yuan glanced at the officials who circled around Xue Huaili and said lightly.

The situation on Lin Yuan's side made He Wenchang, who was not far away, a little strange, and Yao Lian seemed to be discussing something with Lin Yuan. No one has been able to get close to him, and his face doesn't seem to be very good.

There was some hesitation in his heart, but He Wenchang hadn't passed the exam yet, and this year's big exam seemed to be as calm as water, but from the perspective of their group of insiders, there was already an undercurrent surging under the calm, and if they were not careful, they would fall into the abyss.

Yao Lian frowned slightly, the officials in Nanyang who came to see him were not as Lin Yuan said, but for the sake of safety, Yao Lian was still not only risky.

In the crowd, Chai Yang looked at the court officials on the high platform with a calm face, and was still thinking about the three-day exam in his heart, this was the first time he took the big exam, according to the teacher's meaning, he should not have come to this one, but for the sake of his own family, and in order not to let the Xue family wish, even if it is dangerous, he has to give it a try today.

There was a sudden pain in his shoulder, and he saw that the crowd began to surge, Chai Yang was bumped by someone, and he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't notice that when he was hit, someone quietly put a book in the bamboo basket.

Twisting his brows and looking at the person who pretended to be himself, Chai Yang thought about it and felt that it was better to forget it, after all, everyone was a little excited about today's big exam, and it was not a big deal, so he didn't care.

"The hour is up, the door opens!"

After a shout, the gate of the Tribute Courtyard was slowly opened, and there was a commotion in the crowd, and after a while, a group of soldiers lined up on both sides, and the ranks became organized, and the scholars began to move slowly and orderly towards the Tribute Courtyard.

Chai Yang was not at the end of the team, so he was not in a hurry, but he waited step by step for the front to complete the inspection, and then slowly moved forward, and after a while, it was finally Chai Yang's turn.

I saw the soldier look at Chai Yang coldly, turned out the things in his basket, and carefully checked them one by one, at this time the soldier suddenly touched a booklet in his hand, hesitated, glanced at it, his expression moved slightly, covered the cloth and said, "Go in." ”

Chai Yang was stunned for a moment, because he hadn't finished the inspection yet, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to nod and pick up the basket and walk into the tribute courtyard.

On the high platform, Lin Yuan's eyes were cold, and he looked at Yu Shi on the side and asked, "How many?" ”

"Back to Grandpa, six." Yu Shi glanced at the booklet in his hand and said.

Lin Yuan frowned, the number is not right, the Ministry of Rites has only lost five copies, where did this sixth book come from? Since the admission to the hospital, six people have been found on Lin Yuan's side, but this does not match his own number. Lin Yuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Send someone to keep an eye on it, and tell me as soon as there is a loophole." Lin Yuan thought for a moment and commanded.

"Got it, grandpa."

At this time, all the candidates had already entered the examination room, but during this time, they caught a few people who tried to bring things into the room and escorted them to Nanyang Prison. After that, everything went smoothly and without incident.

Chai Yang put the basket in front of him and took out the four treasures of the study, but his movements were suddenly stagnant, and he looked at the booklet in his hand in disbelief, Chai Yang clearly remembered that he only brought the four treasures of the study and some food, where did this booklet come from.

With some trembling, he opened the booklet, and after a glance, Chai Yang slammed it shut, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his heart was already a little flustered.

There is no need to look down, just look at one or two words Chai Yang knows what is in that booklet, because he knows the red seal of the Ministry of Rites.

"Who is going to frame himself and put this booklet in his basket?"

Chai Yang guessed a little nervously, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't have a clue. This is Chai Yang suddenly remembered that he was hit by someone when he went to the field first, and it should have been stuffed into his hand at that time.

"The Xue family." Chai Yang gritted his teeth and thought about Xue Huaiyi, it was definitely the other party's hand, otherwise he wouldn't be so secretive, and he didn't attack himself until now, the teacher had already warned himself, be careful of the Xue family's methods, and guard against it day and night, or on the road,

With a wry smile, Chai Yang's thoughts were racing, thinking about how to deal with this matter, if he handed it over now, he would definitely not be able to escape, but after the exam, he was afraid that he would be reported by the Xue family, and he would still not be able to escape at that time, and after the Xue family put himself in the examination room, he had no way out.

If it is exposed now, there will be no exams in the field this time, Chai Yang is in those countless students to fulfill himself, and even if he has nothing to do, he will be rejected by Nanyang students.

"Hehe, it's really calculating." Chai Yang sneered, then sat back in place, closed his eyes and waited for the exam to start.

"How's it going?"

In the teahouse, Xue Huaiyi looked at a young man and asked coldly.

"Master, it's done, the little one was worried about something accident, and he waited until he entered the field to come back to report." The young man smiled flatteringly.

"Knock~" A heavy silver bag was thrown on the table by Xue Huaiyi, and the young man's eyes lit up when he saw this.

"Well done, here's your bounty." Xue Huaiyi said coldly.

The young man immediately stepped forward and took the silver bag in his hand, and said with a smile: "Thank you Third Master Xue for the reward." ”

As soon as the words fell, he only heard the sound of a knife coming out of the sheath, the young man's face froze, and he looked at Xue Huaiyi in disbelief.

A trace of bloodthirsty light flashed in Xue Huaiyi's eyes at this time, and he looked at Xue Wu who was collecting the knife on the side and said with a smile: "The action is clean, remember, from today onwards, if you can threaten us, don't hesitate, kill it." ”

"Got it, Third Master." Xue Wu arched his hand and said. He didn't know and didn't want to know why the Xue family had done things unscrupulously in the first place, because he knew that if the Xue family wanted you to know, they would not hide it, and sometimes, the more the Xue family let you know, it was not simply because they liked you, and they might even want to kill you. So now Xue Wu knew that he only needed to do what he did, and he didn't need to know why he did it